Dell Latitude CPX Notebook (650-MHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 12 GB hard drive)

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005UJYF
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #501 in Computers & PC Hardware (See Bestsellers in Computers & PC Hardware)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 30, 2001

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Serviceable, but missing a few 21-st century essentials, November 18, 2002

By	Systems thinker (Ohio - United States) - See all my reviews

My employer provided this machine. I find it marginally acceptable, but I would not spend my own money on such a system.

Major misses:

1) It comes with the synaptics touchpad, which defaults to accepting taps as mouse clicks (it should default to the 'suppress taps')

2) Shutdown service takes too long, even for Windows 2000.

3) No option to order with Linux or without Windows, even though Dell previously touted this feature.

For everyday use, I still gravitate toward my iBook. The Latitude has inadequate USB connectivity (only 1 port), and wastes precious back panel space on a PS/2 style
keyboard/mouse port and a 25-pin parallel port.

Once you plug in a mouse, you have NO USB connectors left for a digital camera or other peripherals. This makes the latitude a niche machine for corporate environments with very specific requirements.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great pc, December 28, 2007

By	Mina - See all my reviews

This is a great computer. It's small and light and is perfect for my college classes. The top is a little scratched but since it's a refurbished laptop I wasn't expecting it to be in perfect condition. The only downside was that Microsoft Word and other programs weren't already installed but that's just the laziness in me not wanting to take the time to install it myself. I was able to borrow a disc from my friend and install everything I needed the same day I received the comp. All in all it's a great computer. It works wonderfully and as I'm typing this review I'm importing CDs into iTunes so it's a also a great liesure computer as well as a school computer. I would definitly recommend this laptop to everyone.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very serviceable, very, very cheap when bought "used", May 26, 2006

By	Clamdigger (Pahoa, Hawai'i USA) - See all my reviews

Price is everything if you're considering one of these older Dell's in 2006... since decent NEW laptops commonly start at only $500 or so. However, at the right price - I paid under $200, including a memory upgrade and a new battery - the Latitude CPx still does everything 99% of adult users will want to do. It's upgradeable to the latest Windoze XP, it will surf the Internet at the highest speeds your coffee shop or hotel connection can provide, and - except maybe for heavy-duty Photoshop CS2 editing - it will effectively run Office or any other serious software you're likely to have.

The screen is large and sharp. The keyboard is sized for real fingers, not little alien tentacles. If too confining, the single USB port can be finessed with a daisy chain or a USB hub - but how much junk do you lug around all the time, anyway? Those other maligned ports on the Latitude (a SVGA, a serial, a parallel and a DIN mouse/keyboard) are actually pretty useful if you travel without tons of stuff, relying instead on whatever is in your destination's inventory - mice, external projectors, older printers. It works for me, anyway.

So what's not to like? This is the perfect sort of machine to lug around, day-to-day, in places and situations where you might get mugged (say, LA) or crunched (as on a bike.) Just put in a modern wireless card and hit the road.